Rewind·Posted on Feb 18, 202125 Pictures That Show How Much The Texas Government Failed The People Of TexasTed Cruz is in CANCUN.by by Matt StoperaBuzzFeed Staff, by Dave StoperaBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail In case you haven't heard, Senator Ted Cruz fled Texas during one of the state's worst natural disasters ever. Chad Pergram @ChadPergram Colleague Paul Steinhauser confirms GOP TX Sen Ted Cruz traveled to Cancun amid the TX storm/power outages. GOP Source: “the photos speak for themselves” 02:39 PM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ChadPergram Where did he go? Sunny Cancun! Devin Nunes’s Achilles Heel @clarekelly007 @GregAbbott_TX @tedcruz Ted Cruz & @heidiscruz boarding a flight to Cancun, while millions of Texans are freezing and without power. 03:45 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Yes, to the beach. Juan Gomez @Juan_Gomez18 Well Senator Cruz is flying to Cancun while millions of Texans do not have electricity #Priorities #ThanksforNothingSenator @ProjectLincoln @keithedwards @shannonrwatts 01:57 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Looks nice! Let's remind you what Texans are dealing with... 1. Ceilings are caving in: 𝒞𝒽𝑒𝓁𝒷𝓎 🐱 ♡ @ChelbyGriffin @contrashelby It’s seriously so ridiculous here rn. We haven’t had power for a full day in like 4 days now. And yesterday we woke up to this in our kitchen. My roommates room also got flooded from a busted pipe as well. Our infrastructure was not built for this shit 😭 11:01 PM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ChelbyGriffin 2. Homes are being destroyed: Coach Saunders🎾 @Teri_Saunders7 My people in Houston though🥺🙏🏾 #PrayForTexas 04:21 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @teri_saunders7 3. 100-year-olds are freezing in their own homes: ikigai1944 @ikigai1944 My grandma— a 100 year old lifelong Republican(turned Democrat in 2016), wife of WWII veteran, freezing in her own home #AbbottFailedTexas 02:31 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ikigai1944 4. People are storing snow because they have no water: . @lookoverher Say wallahi people in Texas are doing this 😭 11:40 PM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @lookoverher 5. Pregnant women are stuck camping in their living rooms: Warrior Princess Cosplay @realtamipotter Keeping our little precious warm during these #houstonpoweroutage - my little Cherlene snuggled up in our tent pitched in our living room - staying warm during #houstonfreeze - this has been some trying times being 37 weeks pregnant... #Houston 02:39 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @realtamipotter 6. People are literally burning their furniture to stay warm: Lev Parnas & Igor Fruman LLC💎 @KurisuS Some people are burning their furniture to stay warm. I’m sure they’d rather be in Cancun with @SenTedCruz. 07:51 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @KurisuS 7. They're burning their kid's toys: GOP Failed Texas @HallYeah73 My niece in #Texas . Burning kids toys and furniture to keep the kids warm. They went 2 days w/o power. Got a hotel room yesterday afternoon. #GregAbbottFailedTexas 12:12 PM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @HallYeah73 8. This person had to chop up their dresser just to stay warm: Patina Medai @MedaiPatina @janetjanssen @chrislhayes I chopped up a dresser. Untreated pine I planned to paint. My procrastination finally paid off. 😂 Got us through the dark hours. I had fire watch all night 😴 Got to feed our neighbors today too. Really thankful for chance to share our blessings. 🥰 11:53 PM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @MedaiPatina 9. People are waiting in lines to fill up buckets of water: Erica Simon @EricaOnABC13 This is not a third world country. This is Houston, Texas. I spotted a line of people filing up buckets of water from a spicket at Haden Park. Why? Millions either have no water or are under a Boil Water Advisory. 01:22 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @EricaOnABC13 10. Buildings look like a scene straight out of Titanic: ABC News @ABC FREEZING IN TEXAS: Water cascades down the stairs and out the doors of an apartment building in Austin after pipes burst amid winter weather. https://t.co/taQ0jgniiT 06:14 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ABC 11. I mean, this is happening in a HOSPITAL: BB Elyse @blaireelyse @dremilyportermd Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas 04:09 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Ekydoog_Cire 12. Food in grocery stores is going bad and just being tossed: Ron Stor @ronstor @janetjanssen Kroger in Arlington TX, throwing stuff out in the cold. 01:33 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ronstor 13. Windows are solid ice: poyu.☆ @bellepoyu Now on 40 hours without electricity. Everything in our fridge is ruined. We put some food outside to stay frozen. Our only candle for light is almost out. Texas ain't doing so hot right now especially us about an hour out from Dallas. This was our bedroom window. 01:40 AM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @bellepoyu 14. Roads are still not plowed: TexasBetsy, M. Ed. @TexBetsy @NoTrumpJewel @janetjanssen This was a major highway in Monday, after the snow stopped. Now everything is ice. No salt. No plows. 12:14 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @TexBetsy 15. People are quite literally buying wood at Home Depot to stay alive: Al Ayala 🇺🇸 @albertayala75 @GregAbbott_TX People are purchasing wood at Home Depot to stay alive! You need to move faster. 02:38 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @albertayala75 16. They're living in tents in their living rooms: LamJam13 @LisaLamkin13 3 hours of power/heat since Sunday— living in a tent in our living room #TexasFreeze #Texas #GregAbbott #GregAbbottFailedTexas #FreezingInTexas 08:47 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @LisaLamkin13 17. People are trying to stay warm with one single fire log: Raven Darkholme @justexpressive Another night in the living room tent with no power. Sad little starter burning as we only have one firelog left. 02:59 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @justexpressive 18. Considering themselves "lucky" even if they don't have water: Sweet Daddy Cornbread @OldATXsoccerguy @janetjanssen @chrislhayes 24 hours of no water. Intermittent power. And we are one of the lucky ones. 11:51 PM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @OldATXsoccerguy 19. Apartments are flooding: Tonnett Davis @TonnettD @HannaBattahFox4 I am so thankful my nephew took me in after staying 2 days in apartment without power only to be waken by early call apartment flooding from pipe burst so rushed home. Now homeless while insurance try to find me lodging. 05:51 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @TonnettD 20. The buildings can't handle the stress: Melissa Bellan @BellanMelissa Well, here’s what made me cry yesterday. This is the lobby of George Allen Courthouse yesterday. I’ve heard there are other leaks but don’t have confirmation. Video was taken by essential staff but I don’t know whom to credit. 03:34 PM - 17 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @BellanMelissa 21. And those lucky enough to make it to hotels are finding their own problems: KINGBO @bobadazzz The hotel I’m at in Houston #prayfortexas #AbbottFailedTexas 01:04 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @bobadazzz 22. By the way, all of this is happening during the pandemic too: Eric @Ekydoog_Cire @EvilMopacATX Honestly you’re right. We were without power two days, pipes burst, apartment flooding, and apartment maintenance came rushing in and there were 6 of us now altogether mask-less. Real-time worries superseded long term worries at that moment 😞 07:10 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Ekydoog_Cire 23. So with no end in sight, there isn't much for people to do: V-40 @DopeChubbyChick Day 5 still no improvements. Still losing power every few hours 05:41 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @DopeChubbyChick 24. No power, no water, no heat: Anil Pattni @AnilPattni 12 °c outdoors 41°f indoors No power No hot water No heating No appliances No internet 40+ hours Surviving #SnowStorm2021 #pandemic #offline #flooding #evacuation #AustinPowerOutage ..Disaster gets worse the water pipe in the roof bursts, flooded my apt >evacuation #luckyescape 08:01 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @AnilPattni 25. People in Texas need help: uh-LAY-nuh | BLM @ahylaina this is exactly why those “it’s just some snow” jokes are not fucking funny. we get it, but texas doesn’t have the capabilities/infrastructure for this kind of weather. it’s entirely bigger than other states think. i’m gonna post his cash app in the thread pls, anything will help 06:23 PM - 16 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @mhizz_bee Hopefully Ted Cruz is having a nice vacation. David Shuster @DavidShuster Just confirmed @SenTedCruz and his family flew to Cancun tonight for a few days at a resort they've visited before. Cruz seems to believe there isn't much for him to do in Texas for the millions of fellow Texans who remain without electricity/water and are literally freezing. 05:28 AM - 18 Feb 2021 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @DavidShuster